Distressed Jebo 15 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, album art, packaging, event promos, gritty, playful, handmade, rough, casual, handmade feel, worn print, bold impact, casual voice, blobby, inky, organic, chunky, uneven.
A heavy, chunky display face with rounded, irregular contours and visibly rough edges, as if drawn with a thick marker or stamped with wet ink. Strokes stay consistently dense with minimal contrast, while terminals and counters look organically eroded, producing soft, blobby silhouettes. Proportions are informal and slightly uneven from glyph to glyph, with a bouncy rhythm and variable character widths that keep the texture lively in lines of text.
Best suited to short, high-impact text such as posters, headlines, album or book covers, packaging callouts, and event promotions where texture is a feature. It also works well for playful branding moments that want a rough, handmade stamp feel rather than a clean geometric look.
The overall tone feels handmade and gritty, balancing a worn, street-level texture with a friendly, cartoonish warmth. Its rough perimeter and inky mass suggest immediacy and attitude rather than polish, giving copy an energetic, imperfect voice.
The design appears intended to mimic bold hand-painted or stamp-printed lettering with natural ink spread and wear, delivering a strong silhouette while keeping an imperfect, tactile surface. It prioritizes expressive texture and character over strict uniformity, making it ideal for attention-grabbing display use.
The distressed texture is carried through both uppercase and lowercase, including numerals, which helps maintain a consistent “printed-worn” color across mixed-case settings. Letterforms remain generally open and recognizable, but the softened edges and irregular counters add visual noise that becomes part of the personality at larger sizes.